How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 179
n thirty cents; color-ed cord comes fivecents extra. Wind the cord inballs, as it is thenmore convenient tohandle, and beginmaking your ham-mock. First, threadthe needle by takingit in the left handand using the thumbto hold the end ofthe cord in place,while looping itover the tongue(Fig. lOO);… … (Fig. loi)—a door-knob will do very well; then tie the-cordon your needle three inches from the end to this loop. Place How to Make a Hammock, 163 the small fid under the cord, the bevelled edge close to theloop (Fig. 102). With your thumb on the cord to hold it inplace while you pass the needle…
